Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav has moved a petition in the Allahabad High Court, challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sanghmitra Maurya from Badaun constituency in the recently-held Lok Sabha election.
Sanghmitra, daughter of UP Labour Minister Swami Prasad Maurya, defeated Yadav by around 18,000 votes.
Dharmendra Yadav is the nephew of Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav. He alleged irregularities in counting of votes.
BJP candidate from Rampur, Jaya Prada, has also challenged the election of SP’s Mohammad Azam Khan from Rampur.
BSP leader Rangnath Mishra has also moved a petition challenging the election of BJP candidate Ramesh Chand Bind from Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency. He has alleged that the nomination papers of Bind were not in accordance with the rule and procedure laid down by the Election Commission.